Job Brief

Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., (AMA) has an exciting opportunity to add a motivated and experienced Multimedia Content Specialist to join our team at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.

Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., (AMA) is proud of our customer relationships, our diverse and dynamic work environment, and our employees' career satisfaction. AMA is a small business specializing in aerospace engineering, business analytics, information technology, and visualization solutions. AMA combines the best of engineering and mathematics capabilities with the latest in information technologies and visualization to build creative solutions. Headquartered in Hampton, Virginia, AMA also has operations in Huntsville (Alabama), Dallas (Texas), Denver (Colorado), Mountain View (California), and Houston (Texas) We offer a competitive salary and attractive benefits package, including paid personal leave and holidays, salary deferrals into a 401(k)-matching plan with immediate vesting, tuition reimbursement, short/long term disability plans, medical, dental, and vision insurance. Our website describes our corporate values and how they apply to the professional success and growth of our employees.

Job Description:

Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., (AMA) has an exciting opportunity to add a motivated and experienced Multimedia Content Specialist with a diverse and solid background to join our team in Houston,TX supporting the COMIT Contract. The qualified candidate will act as the Executive Producer and Manager of a video production and podcast, supporting the Johnson Space Center(JSC) Multimedia Group. This position will be located at NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas.

Job Duties:

• Executive Producer and Manager of the video production effort called "The Space Program". Assist line producers with their productions, write scripts, review scripts, quality control all video content, write publicly-facing titles and descriptions for videos, report all activity to the Supervisor using the production scheduling system, ensure all video content is organized, distributed, and archived, and communicate status to the NASA customer.
  Arrange and execute pre-flight interviews for NASA's Commercial Crew Program astronauts, to include booking interviews with crew schedulers, leading and deploying the studio production crew for interviews, arranging transcription of the interviews, internal distribution of raw camera files to line producers, scripting and script review of features, video review including all quality control, writing publicly-facing titles and descriptions, reporting of all activity to the Supervisor, and communicating status to the NASA customer.
• Executive Producer and Manager of production of "Houston We Have a Podcast", to include: determine topics and possible guests, book all interviews, book production facilities for interviews, monitor recording sessions, review first draft edits of audio clips and direct any subsequent edits, distribute the edited clips for review by guests and NASA, transcribe first draft of episode, review thumbnail and other elements of episode web page, maintain a record of all episode postings, and serve as the backup podcast host/interviewer.
• Arrange video and still-photo documentation of crew training for Soyuz, CCP crew members, and astronaut candidates. Monitor weekly training schedules for events that are valuable to document. Make individual judgment call on what needs to be documented.
• Follow procedures outlined in CA-WI-34 Basic/Media Filming of FOD Training and Operations Activities to secure proper permissions for each field shoot.
• Request and receive permission from Crew Training Officer, crew commander, or the individual astronaut. Also, request and receive permission from facility manager in the location of the training. Arrange and deploy production personnel to document the training activity. Report all activity to the Supervisor. Keep detailed log of what training is documented.
• Produce video products. Write video scripts. Provide script review for other team members. Provide voice work as voiceover talent.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in live television, multimedia production or related field from an accredited University or Technical Institute.
• Experienced Scriptwriter , Podcast Producer ,Video Producer and Video Editor.
  Expert in Windows networked environments and with Microsoft Office products.
• Familiar with Dalet Media Asset Management System, or other similar MAMs.
  Experienced and knowledgeable with digital video formats.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Premiere.
• Must communicate in a friendly and professional manner with NASA personnel, follow government protocol standards, and have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have the ability to work well with customers, management and fellow employees at all levels in a team environment.
• Adherence to quality control, safety, operations, administrative and security procedures including reporting will be required.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and able to pass a National Agency Check (NAC) security clearance.

AMA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited under Federal, State, or local laws.